Inpsiration has gone

HELP I have crafters total block, have a room crammed full of 'arty crap' as I call it but can I make anything can I scooby!!!! I have a number of outstanding ATC's for swaps to make, birthday cards, and that old chestnut Valentines card but can I think of anything, NOPE and everything I look at just looks well useless sooo I’m going to give it all away


OK so I lied....... you have got to be joking that would be like cutting my legs off phew mad moment, so lets hope I get some inspiration soon as otherwise I will miss some deadlines. One thing I can do is share a great tip - if working with alcohol inks or clay give your hands a good rub with Badger Balm(can purchase from any good chemist) and that way your hands are sooo much easier to clean.

PS random photo of my windscreen this morning great ice pattern!!

Charms for a swap - Zettiology legs captuted

these are some charms that i have made for an altered art charm swap I have joined in America, they all have silver hangers/rings on so they can be hung from a chain or attached to something else. I need to make some more but I seem to be a bit stuck on zettiology at the moment hahaha, so need to think a bit harder and do something else, the second and third one in fact are the same bottle just showing the front and back of whats captured in the bottle. I seem to be drawn to glass at the moment, not sure what that says about me - answers on a postcard please......mmmmm wonder if you could make a glass jar postcard ROFL

'Captured Beauty'

OK so here's my jar so far. Made a female clay body on a pedestal a couple of weeks back covered in some paper I made with txt on, and thought I would put her in a jar - this was where the idea grew from really. Made some clay dangles and added other silver dangles to the outside. Next step is to make more 'dangles' and hang on the inside so they float around the body. Also to fill the bottom of the jar with some more tat from here and there

So Whats The Next Dust Collector

Ok so I seem to make things and they then go to nice new homes so I want to do something for me to keep. So here are my next two projects which I plan on keeping and they will become dust collectors as someone in this house calls them ;0). So here they are in their raw state. I think the tailors dummie will take me a couple of months to finish, as I have some rather crazy ideas as to what I want to do with it, so I need something small to also work on - hence the glass jar, that should only take a couple of weeks. So maybe you will come back and see if firstly I manage to finish them both and of course if they are any good!!!! And if anyone else decides that they want to do the same type of thing well maybe we will have to have a vote!!!

Masquerade Ball

Ok so a girl doesent have an invite to a masquerade ball but her Oh does so what's she to do - make his own mask. I took a papermache mask, covered it in black acrylic paint, then attacked it with my trusty heat gun until it bubbled and became distressed/dry. Then rubbed over with first bronze metallic run on, then gold over that. added black feathers and some threads. i like the effect

sad ole week

We have had a difficult week, sadly we lost our beloved dog this week, he was the grand old age of 17yrs and 1 month he had a truly great life, he gave much love and entertainment and we will miss him profoundly he was the best friend you could ever want

Birthday pressie

I had huge fun but a lot of pain!!!! making my latest creation as a birthday gift for a truly talented friend, who by the way under estimates her own work - Happy Birthday KT

Some of my past efforts

The Shape of things to come

A couple of shaped ATC's that I made for a group swap on http://www.atcards.com/ have to say i was really pleased with them and didnt want to let them go. Made with utee, acrylic paints and some stamps. They started off the correct atc size, but the one on the right I cut shapes into the card and in fact stuck the 'cut out' sections onto the card

Best Friends

Well they were always together and up to something or other that they shouldnt be doing

Some OLD TAT i made

OK so here's my attempt at a birthday pressie for a friend - who I am sure only said she liked it because she is toooo polite to say it was pants ROFL - would make an ideal workshop make and take item, I honestly think it has worked really well, but then again I do have very poor taste